Tackling the directive: Television without frontiers, transnational broadcasting, and irish soccer

Sport and the Media: Recent Economic, Legal, and Technological Developments: A Special Double Issue of trends in Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 131-152

  Flynn, Roderick ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Broadcasting regulation; Bskyb; European union; Football; Journalism; Republic of ireland; Special events; Television without frontiers directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749003281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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